Those at highest risk of teen pregnancy are girls from single parent homes, families with low socioeconomic status, and girls with a sister who became pregnant as a teenager (Talashek, Alba, & Patel, 2006). A significant risk factor identified by the National Center for the Prevention of Teenage Pregnancy (NCPTP) is that 75% of pregnant teens have mothers who were also pregnant as a teenager (VanLenten, 200?). The lifestyle of the average teenager is not conducive to fetal development. Teen mothers are more likely to smoke, eat a fast food diet, less likely to have adequate prenatal care, and more
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is a series of birth defects such as physical, mental, behavioral and learning problems caused by the mother drinking alcohol during pregnancy. Kenneth Jones and David Smith at the University of Washington in Seattle officially identified Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in 1973 (Golden 1). The exact reasons certain fetuses are affected and others are not, is not fully understood. CDC reports state that 0.2 to 1.5 per 1000 babies are born each year in the United States with alcohol related birth defects (CDC 1). Fetal Alcohol Syndrome can be prevented with education.
How would you feel being the mother of a child who was told that they only have mere months to live? This was the case for the mother of 2, Cheri O'Connell. Her younger daughter was suffering from over 20,000 seizers a year, this equated to roughly 60 per day. The debilitating effects of epilepsy had reached a bitter end on young Tara and her body couldn’t take much more. After hundreds of trailed and failed pharmaceutical drugs they resulted to using a controversial medication – Cannabis Oil.
There is a high drop out rate in treatment centers. So if there is no prosecution in site then still what is there to keep these women in treatment and keep the children safe? There can be threat and follow through with removing custody rights but at that point the damage has been done to the fetus and the state has a new drug addicted baby with birth defects. Incarceration for drug abusing pregnant women 5
You cannot expect to send a 16 year old to college and still have full control over their curfew and monitor their social life. Of course, along with drinking comes sexual promiscuity. STD’s, or sexually transmitted diseases, are also at epidemic proportions. American teenagers have more pregnancies, births, and abortions than youngsters in any other Western Industrialized country. One-third of young US girls, about 820,000, become pregnant before they turn 20 (80% are unmarried) and 4 million American teens contract an STD each year.
Open adoption should be allowed to birthparents wanting to put their child up for adoption. Some people believe it is wrong to have an open adoption because the birth parents will grow attached to their child. This mother gave her child up for adoption and she said, “But moreover, I have the joy and pride of knowing that I gave my beautiful, smart, loving son the best life I could, a stable family with a mommy and daddy, and everything he could ever need” (Annie H 37). By knowing later in life, Annie knew that she made the right choice because she now knows that her child is living a healthy life. If she did not give her son up for adoption, Annie would not fulfill all of her child’s needs and wants in his/her life.
Synthesis #2 1) Approximately 1% of babies in the United States are born with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders or (FASD). FASD is an umbrella term for all birth related defects associated with alcohol exposure prenatally (O’Connor & Whaley, 2007). Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, or (FAS) is a specific medical diagnosis for permanent conditions from birth to prenatal alcohol related conditions (Rasmussen et al., 2012). FAS can result in mental disabilities, as well as psychological and behavioral problems (Rasmussen et al., 2012). Children who are diagnosed with FAS, are also put at risk for maltreatment by their mothers (Grant, Ernst, Streissguth, Stark; 2005).
People who are in support of the prohibition against marijuana claim that the drug is unhealthy and dangerous. Yet the two most deadly drugs in America, alcohol and tobacco, are legal and regulated. Those two drugs are more addictive and deadly than marijuana. It would be best to legalize marijuana and control it in the same manner as alcohol and tobacco. Alcohol contributes to 41,000 fatal accidents a year; worldwide alcohol is the cause for four percent of all deaths, more than AIDS and violence (Armentano, 2012, para.
Dixon 1 Brenya Dixon ENG 132.53 27 January 2015 Birth Control The birth control pill is 99 percent effective in preventing pregnancy. Only between 2 and 8 percent of women become pregnant each year while using it says “Five reasons women get pregnant while on the pill”. Most women take birth control pills not only to prevent pregnancy but reducing cramps and menstrual pain, prevent migraines and also treatment of acne. 762,000 women who have never had sex use the pill, and they do so almost exclusively 99 percent for no contraceptive reasons. Menstrual-related disorders and irregular periods are particularly common during adolescence.
Mandatory Birth Control for Teenagers… Who’s Choice Should It Be? Troyslen Dixon Medical Careers University In 2006, there were 4,265,555 births in the United States according to the National Center for Health Statistics (Bartlett, 2009). There have been intense debates for years about mandating birth control for women on welfare. Considering that nearly 750,000 teens become pregnant every year suggest that we should look at reproductive capabilities of teenagers (Bartlett, 2009). Teenagers that make unwise decisions and become pregnant put an emotional and financial strain on their parents and the government.